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Video: “Extremely serious” threat shuts US embassy in Yemen indefinitely (VIDEO)
Hot Air ^ | May 10 2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 05/10/2014 12:38:06 PM PDT by PoloSec

Just weeks after an al-Qaeda convention in Yemen, the US has closed its embassy operations in the capital of Sanaa. Citing “extremely serious” threats and recent attacks on foreigners, the facility has closed its doors — indefinitely. The threat may be a reaction to the sustained drone campaign against AQAP targets following the release of the video of the massive meeting held by the terrorist network in Yemen:

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Sources within the Yemeni government told CNN that the US is taking these threats more seriously than any other prior threat, even the warnings that preceded the 2012 mob attack on the compound:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombbombbombbombiran; caliphate; embassyclosing; iran; lebanon; threat; yemen

1 posted on 05/10/2014 12:38:06 PM PDT by PoloSec
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2 posted on 05/10/2014 12:44:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: PoloSec

#BringBackOurEmbassy


3 posted on 05/10/2014 12:50:58 PM PDT by AHerald ("Do not fear, only believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: PoloSec

So extinguish the threat and if Yemen has a problem with that, blame it on a spontaneous video demonstration.


4 posted on 05/10/2014 12:55:26 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: PoloSec

Well, the boys at the “annexes” better be on their toes.


5 posted on 05/10/2014 1:06:57 PM PDT by House Atreides
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Beat me to it.

Only thing I’d add is “Hey, how about that ‘smart power’ and making our enemies love us, eh?”
Perhaps Zero could go an have a no strings attached one on one discussion with them?


6 posted on 05/10/2014 1:14:23 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: PoloSec
The threat may be a reaction to the sustained drone campaign

Ya think?

I have an idea.

How 'bout we restrict immigration from the Umma, then capture and deport all Terrorist country illegals in our country, and then concentrate on isolating them physically, financially and ethnically from the civilized world?

Instead of wasting time picking off a few pajama wearing nutjobs and running like scared girls when they hit back.

7 posted on 05/10/2014 1:18:52 PM PDT by Regulator
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8 posted on 05/10/2014 1:25:02 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: PoloSec

Obama needs to defend us with hashtags and TelePrompTers. That will surely get those dastardly terrorists.


9 posted on 05/10/2014 1:42:12 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: lormand
#uber- FAIL foreign policy
10 posted on 05/10/2014 1:45:12 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: BenLurkin
Another Mohammad video caused the shut down? Wait, are there not military assets near by to protect US embassy?
11 posted on 05/10/2014 4:13:31 PM PDT by SIRTRIS
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I think we should have shipped obama, reid, hillary and pelosi to that embassy with no protection and see if it really may matter after all


12 posted on 05/10/2014 4:54:10 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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